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Presents

 


Poetry Lounge! 




Poetry Lounge featuring Open Mic!

Saturday, February 11th
1:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Co-sponsored by Willow Glen Public Library.

Register to receive your Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArc-uoqDIqHdX4PqWhjklc3A-D3x9f3Nwj

 


San José Poetry Slam featuring Shawn William! 




Sunday, February 12th
7:00 p.m. (PST)

Co-sponsored by Tabard Theatre

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Sign up list will be open from 6:30 to 6:59 p.m. At 6:59 the list will close and we will do the random draw. Slam starts at 7:00 p.m.

Tabard Theatre is located at 29 N San Pedro Square (upstairs. there is an elevator for those with mobility needs) in Downtown San Jose. https://tabardtheatre.org/

Your host and Emcee will be Mighty Mike McGee.

Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Admission: $5-10

"Underrated" and "unmatched" are words often used to describe the dynamic spoken word artist Shawn William. Living in Oakland, CA. Shawn William is a captivating, multi-talented, award-winning writer, and nationally recognized spoken word artist.
Shawn's vivid storytelling style, clever wordplay, comedic style & vulnerability are not only relatable but also refreshing to his audiences. 1/5 member and co-founder of the critically acclaimed writing collective Fiveology, Shawn has toured with Grammy Award winner Jill Scott, featured on Verses & Flow (TVOne), The Arsenio Show (UPN), The ESPY's Celebrity After Party, Radio City Music Hall (NYC), The Apollo (NYC) and recently selected for a residency at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. But it’s not just spoken word poetry with Shawn William, continuing his journey on being a prolific writer his blogs & social media post are informative, inspiring, and hilarious just like his spoken word pieces which only shows that he's a great writer. His tweets and social media post have gone viral numerous times with the help of Steve Harvey, Shannon Sharp, Don Lemon & The Shade Room. With two books "Sex, Love, Heartaches & Healing" for sale now & "The First 5" scheduled to be released in July 2022, a short film & television projects in production Shawn William continues to cement his legacy for years to come. 
 


Well-RED Reading Series featuring Tureeda Mikell!




Tuesday, February 14
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (PST)

Co-sponsored by Works/San José art and performance center.

This will be a hybrid event! Come visit and celebrate the new gallery space for Works/San José! Open mic follows feature.

Register for your ticket to attend in-person at Eventbrite. Link: https://bit.ly/3Jff3Dj

If you are unable to attend in person, we welcome you to join via Zoom!
Register in advance for this event via Zoom. Link: https://bit.ly/3HbW0XR

Works/San José art and performance center is located at 38 South 2nd Street, San José 95113.

Tureeda Mikell, Poet, Griot Story Medicine Woman, named, Woman of Truths, activist for holism, is a QiGong Energy Therapist, lyricist, executive director of, Tree of Life Foundation Literacy Health Project, she has published over seventy student anthologies of poetry for as risk youth via CA Poets in the Schools, throughout five bay area counties since 1989. She is a U. C. Berkeley ’96 Bay Area Writing Project Fellow. She has opened and or published with iconic poet activist, Amiri Baraka, cult film star, Saul William and Kenyan writer, professor and Pen International Award winner Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. She featured at SOAN Soul Of A Nation, at the De Young Museum, as featured poet in Fire Thieves, curated by Kim Shuck and sponsored by the American Academy of Poets. Mikell was featured poet/storyteller for Black Panther 55th Anniversary, Octavia Butler’s 70th Birthday, and was Eth-Noh-Tec, Nu Wa delegate poet/storyteller in Beijing, China in collaboration with the University of Beijing.

Published in numerous anthologies, her work can be seen in, Uncommon Ground, Storm Warning, City Light's Second Stutter, Freedom Lifted, U. C. B. Digital Papers E-Zine, Anacua Literary Arts Journal, The Maynard, Temba Tupu Walking Naked by Emory University, Civil Liberties, by Shizue Seigel, The Patrice Lumumba Anthology in collaboration with EastSide Arts Alliance, and countless more nationally and internationally. Her book, Synchronicity: The Oracle of Sun Medicine, published by Nomadic Press 2020, was reviewed by Chris Stroffolino, published in Ishmael Reed's Konch Zine, and was nominated for the California Book Award. Her book was placed on Small Press Distributor’s list of recommended reads and has sold out three times. Mikell has just completed her residency at the Museum of the African Diaspora sponsored by the Smithsonian.


Third Thursdays featuring Open Mic Night! 



Join us to celebrate the publication of Overtones, Renée's debut collection of poetry!

Thursday, February 16
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (PST)

Co-sponsored by Willow Glen Public Library.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/91970035241?pwd=aDZ0M0VUSHVqTFlrK3R4NVhmV2hiUT09

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 


Beautiful Black Books featuring Rhea Carmon!

 

 

Saturday, February 25
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (PST)

Beautiful Black Books features Rhea Carmon reading and in conversation with host Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Tshaka Menelik Imhotep Campbell.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://bit.ly/3XBXsJx

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

Rhea Carmon is a poet, motivational speaker, teacher and the founder of the 5th Woman Poetry Collective. She is the author of several chapbooks, including Let the Sun Shine In (Iris Press, 2022); Through the Clouds (2019) and Solar Flares (2015). She has directed the 5th Woman On Stage since 2015 and created the 5th Woman Fellowship in 2017 to mentor poets. Her awards include the 2019 East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame for Poetry and 2017 Community Shares Award for Artist of Change. Rhea is the first African American Poet Laureate of Knoxville, TN. During her service, she wrote a spoken-word symphony and performed Vivaldi Reimagined with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. She is constantly using poetry as a conduit for inspiration and creating space for conversations about current issues of social change and justice.

 


Bauchhaar!



Saturday, February 25
3:00-5:30 p.m. (PST)

Hosted by Anshu Johri!

Co-sponsored by Kathmandu Cuisine!

Join us for a stimulating afternoon of Hindi poems and prose on love! Featuring Upendra Pratap Singh, Dr. Pragya Jain, Sundeep Kohli, Chanpreet Singh & Shashwati Das followed by an open mic.

Kathmandu Cuisine is located at 138 S Main St, Milpitas, CA 95035.

प्रेममयी कविताओं और कथ्य की "बौछार" में
अपेक्षा है आपके सानिध्य की, आकांक्षा है आपकी उपस्थिति की
२५ फरवरी २०२३, दोपहर ३:०० बजे से शाम ५:३० बजे तक
उपेंद्र प्रताप सिंह, डॉ प्रज्ञा जैन, संदीप कोहली, चनप्रीत सिंह, शाश्वती दास और अंशु जौहरी के साथ

 
Poetry Center San José
1650 Senter Road
San Jose, CA
info@pcsj.org
www.pcsj.org
 
Poetry Center San José promotes and supports the literary arts in San José. Over the past four decades, PCSJ has brought hundreds of exceptional writers from around the country to read from their works and, in many cases, to conduct workshops for local writers. PCSJ is a nonprofit organization established in 1978. Its base of operations is in the charming turn-of-the-century Victorian home where the renown poet Edwin Markham once lived, now located in San José History Park. Poetry Center San José is a member supported organization and is funded, in part, by grants from Applied Materials Foundation, the City of San José's Office of Cultural Affairs, Knight Foundation, Poets & Writers, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, SVCREATES, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council and also supported in part by a SVCreates National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan grant. We also thank Brandenburg Family Foundation and Anne & Mark's Art Party for their generous giving.

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